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coranto

/kəˈɹæntəʊ/

coranto noun: any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.

Noun

coranto (plural corantos or corantoes)

  1. Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
    • Luſtique, as the Dutchman ſaies: Ile like a maide the Better whil'ſt I haue a tooth in my head: why he's able to leade her a Carranto.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Dancing a coranto with him on the heath.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
    Synonyms:
    courante, courant
  2. (historical) An early informational broadsheet, bringing together news and philosophical discussion.
    • I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets.c. 1638 May 13 (date licensed; Gregorian calendar), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Ladies Triall. […], London: […] E. G. for Henry Shephard, […], published 1639, →OCLC, Act I, signature B, recto

Synonyms of coranto

Forms of coranto

pluralcorantos
pluralcorantoes
alternative formcorant

Origin of coranto

From the French dance the courante, loosely translatable as the "running".

Questions about coranto

What does coranto mean?
Coranto means any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
What part of speech is coranto?
Coranto is a noun.
How do you pronounce coranto?
Coranto is pronounced /kəˈɹæntəʊ/.
What is the plural of coranto?
The plural of coranto is corantos.

Words near coranto in the dictionary

  1. corannulene
  2. corannulenes
  3. corans
  4. corant
  5. Corantijn
  6. coranto
  7. corantoes
  8. corantos
  9. corants
  10. Coras
  11. Corato

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